Radiohead - My Iron Lung
tabbed by Joe Graham.
I haven't been able to find a decent tab for this
so I thought I'd do it myself.
Chords used;
G: 3xOO3x
C: x32O1O
G*: 3554xx
G7: 35343x
Am7dim5: xO1O1x
Cmdim5/G: 33454x
Cm: x35543
Bflat: x1333x
C*: x3555x
Dflat: x4666x
C#m6: x423xx
Cm6: x312xx
INTRO:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-O-----O-------1---------------3-O-----O-------1-------4---
G---O-------O---O---O---O-2-3-2-O---O-------O---O---2---2---5---5-
D---------3-------1-----------------------3-------1-------4-------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-O-----O-------1-3-4-3-1-O-----3-O-----O-------1-----------
G---O-------O---O---O---------------O-------O---O---O---O-2-3-2-O-
D---------3-------1-----------------------3-------1---------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
VERSE 1:
G C G C
Faith, you're driving me away, you do it everyday,
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------3---------4---4---4---4---
G-------4---------------5-------------O-------------7---7---7---7-
D-----5---------------5-------------O-----------------------------
A---5---------------6---------------------------------------------
E-3---------------3---------------3-------------------------------
you don't mean it but it hurts like hell.
G* G7 Am7dim5 Cmdim5/G G* G7 Am7dim5 Cmdim5/G
My brain, says I'm receiving pain, a lack of oxygen
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------3---------4---4---4---4---
G-------4---------------5-------------O-------------7---7---7---7-
D-----5---------------5-------------O-----------------------------
A---5---------------6---------------------------------------------
E-3---------------3---------------3-------------------------------
from my life support, my iron lung
INTERLUDE:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-O-----O-------1---------------3-O-----O-------1-3-4-3-1-O-
G---O-------O---O---O---O-2-3-2-O---O-------O---O---O-------------
D---------3-------1-----------------------3-------1---------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
VERSE 2:
G Cm G Cm
We're too young to fall asleep, too cynical to speak.
e-------------------------------------------------------------3---
B---------------------------------------3---------4-------4-------
G-------4---------------5-------------O-------------7---7---O---O-
D-----5---------------5-------------O-----------------5-----------
A---5---------------6---------------------------------------------
E-3---------------3---------------3-------------------------------
We are losing it can't you tell?
G G7 Am7dim5 Cmdim5/G G G7 Am7dim5 Cmdim5/G
We scratch our eternal itch, our twentieth century bitch,
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------3---3-----4---4---4---4---
G-------4---------------5-------------4-------------7---7---7---7-
D---------5-----------5-----5-------5-----------5-----------------
A-----5---------5---6---------6-5---------------------------------
E-3---------------3---------------3-------3---3-------------------
INTERLUDE:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-O-----O-------1---------------3-O-----O---8-7-6-5---------
G---O-------O---O---O-----2-3-2-O---O-------O---O-----------8---7-
D---------3-------1-----1-----------------3-----------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
hit that distortion pedal!
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-------3-----------------------------------8-7-6-5---------
G-----3-------3---------3---3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3-----------8---7-
D-------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-----------------
A---------------x-x-3-------------------------x-------------------
E-3-----x-3-3---x-x-x-------------O-O---------O-------------------
Play that twice then....
INTERLUDE:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3-O-----O-------1---------------3-O-----O-------1-4-----4---
G---O-------O---O---O-----2-3-2-O---O-------O---O---2-------5---5-
D---------3-------1-----1-----------------3-------1-------4-------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------
VERSE 3:
G Cm G Cm
Suck, suck your teenage thumb, toilet trained and dumb,
e-------------------------2-----------------------------------3---
B-3---O---------------------4---3-3-1-3-3-----3---4-------4-------
G-------4---------------5---------------------------7---7---O---O-
D-----5---------------5-------------------------------5-----------
A---5---------------6---------------------------------------------
E-3---------------3---------------3-------------------------------
When the power runs out we'll just hum
G G7 Am7dim5 Cmdim5/G G G7 Am7dim5 Cmdim5
This, this is our new song, just like the last one
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------3---3-----8-7-6-5---------
G-------4---------------5-5-----------4-------------------8-7-7-6-
D---------5-----------5-----5-------5-----------5-----------------
A-----5---------5---6---------6-5---------------------------------
E-3---------------3---------------3-------3---3-------------------
a total waste of time, my iron lung
Here we go again with distortion...
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-3-----------------------------------------------8-7-6-5---------
G-----3-xxx---3-x-xx--3---333-3-3-----3-xxx---3-----------888-777-
D-------xxx-----x-xx------------2-------xxx-----------------------
A-------------------3-----------1---------------------------------
E---3-------3-------------------O---O-------O---------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------8-7-6-5---------
G-xx--5p3-xx--5p3-xx--535-575-x-------5p3-xx--3-----------888-777-
D-xx------xx------xx----------x-----55----xx--3-------------------
A-------------------3-----------------------5---------------------
E---3-------3-------------------O---------------3-----------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----68------68--------6-6-6-6-------6-7-------6-8-7-6-5---------
G-----68x-xx--68x-xx--67-676767-------6-7-------6---------xx8-777-
D-------x-xx----x-xx----------------------------------------------
A-55----------------3---------------------4-4---------------------
E---3-------3-------------------O---O---------O-------------------
Bridge:
Bflat C* Dflat C*
And if you're frightened, you can be frightened, you can be that's ok
Bflat C* Dflat C#m6 Cm6
And if you're frightened, you can be frightened, you can be that's ok
Guitar solo: this is timed weirdly so watch out.
e-------6---------------6-8-68(12)86867---------------------------7-
B-6-7-8---6-7-8---6-7-8----------------8---8---8---8---8---8---888--
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------8---------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
e-------6---------------88(12)--8-686-------------------------------
B-6-7-8---6-7-8---6-7-8---------------8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-
G---------------------------------------------O---------------------
D---------------8---------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-8-8--8-8--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-----8---8-8-8---8-
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------3---
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----3--x-xx--3--x-xx--3-3333------3-333--3---3333-xx2-xx2---------
D--------x-xx-----x-xx----2222------2-222--2---2222-xx1-xx1--5/O----
A---------------------3------------------------4444-xx3-xx3--5/O----
E-3-3--------3----------------O---O------O-------------------3/O----
That's it. This is a great song and it took me about 4 hours to work it
out so enjoy it. Any questions e-mail me; joeisgraham@hotmail.com
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